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Introduce yourself to other VH fans, discuss whatever comes to mind with regards to anything other than music. All non-music related posts belong in this forum only. This forum is NOT for any political discussions.enTue, 14 Aug 2018 22:58:50 GMTvBulletin60http://www.vhlinks.com/vbforums/images/styles/DeFraction/misc/rss.pngVan Halen Links.com - VH Fans Meeting Place (Non-Music)http://www.vhlinks.com/vbforums/
Custer Survivor?http://www.vhlinks.com/vbforums/threads/64502-Custer-Survivor?goto=newpost
Sun, 12 Aug 2018 14:53:56 GMTInteresting reading if you're into military/western/American history. Was Frank Finkel a survivor of Custer's Last Stand? Well there is a case for that, IMO. There were some details of the battle he mentioned that weren't known until the 1980's when a bad grass fire scorched the battlefield allowing for recovery of artifacts (spent bullet casings, etc.) and further research. So . . ???

I know I'm starting this a little late again this year, but I have been out of town in Rochester, NY for the last week and until the end of next week training for my new job. So I haven't had a chance to get things going for the donation drive for the server this year, but I wanted to start it now before I come home since time is ticking away.

As you know this will mark the SIXTH year (wow it's been that long) that we have done a donation drive to have the VHLinks server paid for by the members of this site for the next year. We will of course continue using GoFundMe as the vehicle to collect our contributions.

First of all, as I say each year and will continue to for as long as we do this, not having to pay the server is a huge load off of my plate financially, so I really thank all of you who have donated to keep this place going. Especially now with me starting a new job, it just really relieves the burden.

I have no delusions this year that this will be easy. Every year it gets harder and harder to get this done, but we've managed to somehow. I am well aware we have less active users than ever. A lot of that stems from band inactivity, but much of it stems from users becoming apathetic to the band situation, and of course people just move on.

The server bill is due the on October 1st this year, so need to have our $4,000 in donations done by September 30th. We do have some money in the kitty from last year, ($230) but the goal is still to get $4,000 again this year so we have some overspill for next year in case something arises and we have issues. I say this every year. Having more in there is better than having less. So watch the donation tally graphic I have on here, as that's what will be accurate for what we've raised for this drive.

We're looking at needing about 150 people to donate $30 and we'll be there again. That takes into account GoFundMe fees. Again there is NO OBLIGATION for ANYONE to donate, it's purely up to you. Nobody is required to donate to post here, this is completely voluntary! Also if you donated last year, and you're obviously donating a bit under the year time frame, I'll still make sure it doesn't end until next October, so don't worry about that. We're starting a little later than normal this year because I have had a busy summer, but I think in the next 5-6 weeks we should be able to get it done!

How Do I Donate This Year?
Go directly to our GoFundMe page (linked below and the donate link at the top goes to it), and directly do your donation from their page. It's super simple, and you DO NOT need to be a GoFundMe member to donate...it's not like PayPal. I have set up three tiers on there like we used to have $30, $50 (can't do the old $51.50 one anymore sadly), and $100. So you can just click on one of those to save yourself some time. You of course can donate less than $30, but that really won't help us get to our goal, and you won't get the premium membership if you do. So I urge you to please donate at least $30 if you can.

After you donate, you MUST private message me here to let me know you've donated so I can manually update your account here. If you don't, there's no way for me to know who has donated what because the name on your donation won't tell me your username. I am using my computer to check for PM's not my phone, because for some reason I don't always get PM notifications on Tapatalk.

What's nice about GoFundMe is it will tell us where we are in terms of donations in real time on our donation page there.

If you have any questions about this process of using GoFundMe, please just post them in this thread. The link is below.

Brett I don't want to use GoFundMe, can I send a check or money order?
Yes of course you can, contact me privately for mailing.

I will post this his in various places on the site so people don't miss it, and I really would love to get it done early this year and move on from it (I say this every year. :))

I thank you for your continued support of the site, which has served the VH online community since September 1, 1999!

Brett
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Sat, 04 Aug 2018 16:21:14 GMTAlso the show your age thread :D

I personally don't think I've ever spent less than $1.50-1.75 a gallon.
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]]>VH Fans Meeting Place (Non-Music)The Roverhttp://www.vhlinks.com/vbforums/threads/64481-Working-at-Amazon-The-Toxic-Culture-Horror-StoriesHome securityhttp://www.vhlinks.com/vbforums/threads/64459-Home-security?goto=newpost
Wed, 25 Jul 2018 02:05:57 GMTMonday felt like a fork in the road. A neighbor told me eight cars had been broken into on our...Monday felt like a fork in the road. A neighbor told me eight cars had been broken into on our street the previous night.

For the past four years I've wondered what direction my Atlanta suburb is going. On one hand we've gotten a Whole Foods and they're building luxury apartment complexes and really expensive townhouses. On the other hand, the clientele at my local Walmart is now 80%...uh...that demographic that is often associated with crime and dropping property values. Let's say you're seeing more and more dreadlocks, tank tops and droopy drawers. Are we going up or down?

There's a planned community of extremely nice houses where some kid was trying to get out of a gang and went to stay with a relative. The gang tracked him to the house and sent four or five guys to fill the house full of holes with machine guns! There was also a gang beatdown over there. This in a place where the houses have little plaques for "Lawn of the Month."

This blitzkrieg of car break-ins unveiled that one of my neighbors who was hit said they've been looking at property about 15 miles north of here for awhile and were planning to move anyway. She told me it's a seller's market and houses on this street are going for surprisingly high prices, and even selling within hours of going on the market. Between that and the dreadlocks at Walmart I think we're at a tipping point.

I've lived here all my life and feel like I'm the caretaker of my parents' legacy. I hate to be forced to flee from what my Dad worked all his life for. In the meantime I'm researching security cams and shotguns.
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